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Wingate

Wingate from directly overhead

Wingate is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 456 m. Temple Knob stands 503 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler State Fishing Lake, a nature reserve 5.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 95 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates37.48197, -96.69752

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Moyle Field: 14.6 mi
  • Moyle Field: 14.7 mi
  • Moyle Field: 21.2 mi
  • Garvin Park: 21.6 mi
  • Moyle Field: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Allen Podium: 22.2 mi
  • The Mound: 22.2 mi
  • Heritage Rock: 22.2 mi
  • Baden Square: 22.7 mi
  • Island Park Plaque: 23.1 mi
Museums: 6
  • Augusta Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
  • Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Benson Museum: 23.8 mi
  • Udall Historical Society: 23.9 mi
  • Kansas Oil Museum: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Osage Cuestas: 13.7 mi
  • Temple Knob: 18.7 mi
  • Hogback Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Windy Hill: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 4
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Darbeth Fine Arts Center: 22.1 mi
  • Gateway to the Future: 23.1 mi
  • Eye on the Prairie: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Meadowlark Farm Picnic Site: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wingate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Temple KnobNE 36°503 m18.7 mi
Osage CuestasESE 107°431 m13.7 mi
Windy HillNNE 28°422 m22.0 mi
Hogback HillSSE 161°349 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:39
June solstice06:0720:1320:52
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3916:3217:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544546473787769564433
Precip in0.91.52.53.46.26.04.53.93.53.31.81.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smileyberg 1N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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